William mould



(No Madei.)

W. MOULD'.

TOMBSTUNE. No. 274,638. Pategjd Mar. 21883.

jiyfj.

22 44 :3 J J K J WITNESSES I 2WINVEN'IIOR; @f BY M ATTOARNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MOULD, OF SAUGERTIES, NEW YORK.

TOM BSTONE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,638, dated March27, 1883.

Application filed December 4, 1882. (No model.)

' T 0 all whom it may cones-rm Be it known that 1, WILLIAM MOULD, ofSangerties, in the county of Ulster'and State of New York, have inventeda new and Improved Tombstone, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedtomhstone inwhich the several parts forming the same can be united easily andrapidly in such a manner that the entire tombstone will be very rigid;and to this end it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangementof parts, as hereinafter full; described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 isa longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved tombstone.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the top of the same,showing it inverted. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation-of thebase. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the base. 7

The base is formed of a bottom section, A, and an upper section, B, onwhich the top stone, 0, rests. The upper base-section, B, is

pprovided with a mortise, D, in its top, into which mortise a-tenon, E,fits, formed in the lower end of the top stone, 0. Two or more holes arebored or otherwise produced in the lower end of the top stone, G, andinto the said holes dowel-pins F, havingenlarged or widened ends, arepassed, and then the space between the pins and the sides of the holesis filled with molten sulphur a. Holes G for receiving the pins F areformed in the top of the upper base-section, B. Holes H extend throughthe upper base-section, B, into the top of the bot tom base-section, A.Pins J, with enlarged ends, are passed into the holes H,.and then. thetop stone, 0, is placed in the upper base-sec tion, B, the tenon Epassing into the mortise D and the pins F passing into the holes Gr.

Molten sulphur is then poured into the mor- 4 tise through an aperture,K, in the back of the tombstone, from which aperture small channels clextend to the holes H. The molten sulphur fills the remaining space inthe holes H,

and space 6, the mortise D, and incloses and 5 surrounds the pins 13 andJ, which are thus protected from oxidation and are held firmly in thestone. The top stone, 0, cannot be upset or lifted from the upperbase-section, B, Y which in turn cannot be lifted from the bot- 5 tombase-section, A. The pins J must have larger heads at the upper ends to'prevent them from being drawn through the holes H in case an attempt ismade to lift or raise the upper base-section, B. Molten lead can be used6 in place of molten sulphur.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new,and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a tombstone, the combination, with the 6 bottom base-section, A, andthe top stone, 0, of the upper base-section, B, provided with themortise D e, the holes G H, the aperture K, and the channels 0?, leadingto the holes H, substantially as herein shown and described. 7

WILLIAM MOULD. Witnesses:

JOHN W. EoKEET, LUTHER LAFLIN.

